what do you think of this tank

[A.T.T.R]

think this will be good for sps
65 gallon ( 3 ft by somthing) breeder

4 60 watt t5's
( one of uvl's actinic one day one 50 50 and one 7525 ( more actinic)


two koralia # 4's

one HOB prizim skimmer


i know it may not be ideal but im moving out and want a nice tank with me and want it to be energy efficiant ( prop pump's)
that is 240 watts of t5 lights
about 24 watts of water movment
and an unknown power draw on the skimmer.

i dont want to go mh because of added heat to tank ( i can more easily cool t5's . i know they generate close to the same amount of heat) plus i can add on more t5s at any time


ato will be done using a jbj ato unit with an aqualifter pump pumping water up to the tank after passing it into a kalk reactor
( corals will come from my display tank at parents house)

[Rick55555]

T5s can provide sufficient light for SPS...The tank sounds fine.

You could upgrade your skimmer without being energy inefficient.

I like the Koralia power heads.

What are the tank's dimensions?

[GSMguy]

yo need a real skimmer but other than that your ok

also remember 3ft t5s are 39w not 60w

[mcliffy2]

Yea, youll probably want to go with 6x39w if you can fit it. Usually 6 bulb units arent much more than 4 bulb units. When you say 60w are you factoring in the T5s being overdriven?

Ditto on what everyone says about the skimmer. I'm not really up on what are good HOB skimmers, but I do know Deltec makes on (not cheap tho). You can also hang a Tunze 9010 in your tank, although it does take up some real estate in the tank.

[A.T.T.R]

60 would be the overdriven

im looking at a skimmer by bermuda right now.. seems well built for a HOB
but anyways.

this tank is going to be put off till i move